lit 



(1) A. LANCEOLATA. ( Wutl.) 



ideiit. Wall, in As. Res. XIII. p. 3So. 



Syn. Pieris lanoeolata, Don. in Bee. prod. YIl, p. 599.-^Ai 

 'Squamulosa, JJon. prod. fior. Nep. p. 149. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 1198. 



Spec. Chak. Leaves lanceolate,, acute, at the base, acuminated) 

 %^tire on the margin : racemes simple^ secund : corolla oval,i cylin- 

 drical, pubescent : flowers white. 



Khasia mountains. 



ORDER XCIV. RHODORACEiE. 



Trees7 shruts or undershrubs : buds cone-shaped, coveringa 

 large-: leaves alternate.; corolla gaTfl^peealous or ^leio^etalousj 

 slightly irtregulaTi, deciduoos : anthers' niutic : cells' jbined to- 

 gether up to the aipex, dehjscing< by a pore at the top: fruit 

 eepticidally: capsular:. 



GENUS I. RHODODBNiDEOW* 



Decandrla Iflonog^ynla. Sex: Sysi: 



Deriv.. From Rhadorii a rose, and Bendron^ artreet firoiii the 

 appearance of the terminal bunches of flowers. 



Gen. Char. Calyx 5-partite: corolla infundibuliform,. seldom 

 campanulate or rotate, sometimes regularj sdmetitnes more or less 

 irregular, always 5-lobed,:. stamens 10, seldom. byiaboiiticAr 6-9', not 

 adhering to the corolla,! but placed, before and between, the lobes^ 

 often declinate, exserted': anthers dehiscing by two ter^ninal pores : 

 capsules S^celled^ 5-valved : seed^ aidhate- to the cO'ltiinoar angled 

 axis, compresso-scobiforiti, subvilate. 



(1) R. ARBOREtiM. (Sm.) 



Ident. Smith's Exot. Bot. No. 6i — Dec. prod. VII. p. 750i. 



Engrav. Wight's 111. II. t. 140.— Spicil. 11. t. lai.— Bot. Reg, 

 t. 890. 



Spec. Chah. Tree: leaves very cbriaUeOus, lanceolite, acute< 

 cordate at the, base, or attenuatejl irifQ, the thick petiole,, shining- 

 green above, below glabrous, silvery, or rusty-pubescent:, flowers 

 densely capitate : calyX none : corolla campanulate, white, rose ox 

 blood-coloured: ovary 7-10- celled, 



